claimed that it's vice president told him the Trump administration is financially compensating the country to continue detaining Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia at CECOT.
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who had been living legally in Maryland, was mistakenly deported by the U.S. government due to what officials later admitted was an "administrative error.".
Nevertheless, he remains locked in Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT), a maximum-security prison in El Salvador meant for terrorists, according to Axios.
On April 16, Van Hollen met with El Salvador Vice President Félix Ulloa and questioned why Abrego Garcia was still being held despite court rulings and lack of evidence.
Ulloa allegedly told Van Hollen that the Trump administration is "paying" El Salvador to keep Garcia imprisoned at CECOT.
"His answer was that the Trump administration is paying El Salvador, the government of El Salvador to keep him at CECOT," Van Hollen said.
Meanwhile, the Department of Justice has said that even if Garcia were to return, he would be detained again and deported. »